Ziegler is a Bay Area street artist, studio painter and sculptor, a youthful and prolific artist with a lot to say. “Chasing Singularity,” which will be on view Jan. 4-26, 2014, will consist of a large indoor mural Ziegler has yet to paint and 10-15 new studio works on canvas and paper...

Located in the southern region of India, Fort Kochi is where Aryz has painted his “last piece of 2013.” The Spanish artist mentions this was a “Fast one,” painting one of distinct looking characters holding an axe.

“That personality, that story, can only be told through colors, or their juxtaposition against the rest of the painting. That’s the only way they gain context.” So says Mark Warren Jacques, a fine artist born in Columbus, Ohio who has shown at White Walls, Breeze Block, and Cinders Gallery. We have been paying attention to his fantastic and colorful abstractions for the past few years, and we suggest looking into his print selections.

A few months back, we showed you a preview of Kent Williams' excellent new works shown in "Ophthalm" at Evoke Contemporary in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Part of that show was a series of drawings titled "Lord of the Flies," and today we have a full look at the series. Maybe you need a little William Golding inspiration to start your year off?

As you are about to see in our upcoming February 2014 print edition, we spoke with Los Angeles-based painter, F. Scott Hess, about his new works on display at Koplin Del Rio Gallery in Culver City beginning January 11, 2014. "Shattered” will include new large format narrative paintings and a selection of recent work from the studio. Today, we gathered some of those highly detailed paintings, plus some classics, to show you.

Furniture imitates art! Jinil Park, a South Korean designer, has created steel wire furniture that look like rough line sketches. "The key point of my work is the moments where the line is distorted," said Jinil Park. "They express the designer’s feeling, status, and emotion."

We always need heroes, no matter what year or what century. And when forces are combined, magic happens. We need magic. And thanks to Josh Lane and his Hero-Glyphics series, we have that much more power on our side.

Are you inflicted with "Olly Moss Brain"? Probably not, considering that it's one of the rarest conditions known to man, but just in case you want to double check, here are some symptoms used to diagnose it...